And then Bernd Rosemeyer crashed fatally with one of these contraptions. A sad end to the very short career of possibly the most naturally gifted racing driver ever. How good he was is hard to judge as he only raced the C Type Auto Union, but was the only one of the talented group of drivers that ever got to grips with it.
If you should see a man walking down a crowded street talking aloud to himself, don't run in the opposite direction, but run towards him, because he's a poet. You have nothing to fear from the poet - but the truth.
(Ted Joans)